Refreshing Podcast

Refreshing Pod - Fringe 2025: Tamsyn Kelly .. returns to the Refreshing Podcast. Johnny welcomes Tamsyn back, as she follows up from her 2023 Fringe debut hour, with Hot Titty Bungalow . As ever, Tamsyn is a great guest, and you'll love her energy ... and story about her Gran's nipples in this short catch up. Her 2025 show takes you on a journey from one end of the country to the other. After just...

Refreshing Pod - Fringe 2025: Charlie Mulliner We're halfway through the Fringe 2025. Johnny chats with David Elms , who mix's crowd work, with the art of clown & improv. 'David Elms Describes a Room' builds a comedy mind palace before your very eyes. David has a small reminisce about his time at Edinburgh Uni (and how it shaped his life in a handful of ways) and the beginning of his Improv &a...

Refreshing Pod - Fringe 2025: Charlie Mulliner Fringe Fever has taken over Edinburgh! From now, and ending late August, the Fringe Festival is here for summer 2025. This weekend (in-between Oasis taking over town), Johnny managed to catch up with Charlie Mulliner , who's on stage each afternoon with her show 'Love Hunt' A recent nominee for 'Best New Show' at the 2025 Brighton Fringe , Charlie Mul...

Refreshing Pod - Fringe 2025: Kate Owens Fringe Fever has taken over Edinburgh! From now, and ending late August, the Fringe Festival is here for summer 2025. In the 3rd Fringe Festival interview, Johnny (after some tech problems and getting the time wrong) finally managed to speak to Kate Owens , who brings 'Cooking With Kathryn' to Edinburgh in her Fringe debut. Expect eggs, some slight audience...

Refreshing Pod - Fringe 2025: Tape Face Fringe Fever has taken over Edinburgh! From now, and ending late August, the Fringe Festival is here for summer 2025. Johnny's been busy, and his second interview is now out, and it's with Sam Wills, AKA Tape Face. Sam is the most viewed comedian on YouTube , thanks to appearances on America & Canada's Got Talent, amassing roughly 222 million views. Tape...

Refreshing Pod - Fringe 2025: Alan Davies Fringe Fever has taken over Edinburgh! From now, and ending late August, the Fringe Festival is here for summer 2025. Over the next few weeks, Johnny catches up with some top talent appearing live on stage. We kick off with comedian, and panel show superstar Alan Davies. Back on stage in Edinburgh for the 1st time in almost 10 years with his latest gig cal...

Refreshing Pod - Edinburgh international Children's Festival 2025 it's on now, and in full swing!! Johnny recently caught up with Noel Jordan , who's the big boss of the Edinburgh Children's Festival, and has been for the last 10 years. Ending on the 1st June, it's something brilliant to do during half-term. In 2025 the festival feature's 13 productions from 7 countries with a Spotlight on Flander...

Refreshing Pod - Edinburgh Science Festival Preview 2025 Get ready for Blast Off! Edinburgh Science Festival 2025 starts tomorrow (5th April) Johnny has his quick 5 minute preview, giving a rough overview of the full schedule of events, that's HUGE - 135 events, across 30 venues. This half term, ending Sunday 20 April get ready to explore the challenges of living on a planet with finite resources,...

Refreshing Pod - Stuart Laws (Ending Merry March 2025) Over the past month it's been a Merry March, as the Refreshing Podcast hung out with some of the best comedians on the block. We end in style with Stuart Laws. Stuart's on tour right now with his latest hour 'Has To Be Joking' , and you can watch 'Is The Guy Still Going' online today. 'Is That Guy Still Going ' is directed by Nish Kumar, featu...

Refreshing Pod - Ian Smith (Part of Merry March 2025) A Friday Funny in Merry March, as the Refreshing Podcast hangs out with some of the best comedians on the block. It's a pleasure to welcome Ian Smith on the podcast, who really is 'crushing' it! Ian's critically acclaimed stand up show is available now worldwide. Ian believes in making comedy accessible both in person, and online. By watching '...

Refreshing Pod - Derek Mitchell (Part of Merry March 2025) Merry March is back for a second year, the Refreshing Podcast hangs out with some of the best comedians on the block. First up, it's Derek Mitchell, who is on tour with Two Smash-Hit debuts shows 'Double Dutch' and 'Goblin'. Derek had a highly successful solo run at the Edinburgh Fringe last year, to go alongside his 120 international gigs...

Refreshing Pod - Nick Stapleton (How To Beat Scammers) The annual cost of fraud in the UK is roughly £190 billion, a staggering sum. Young people are the most confident they could spot a scam, but could you? Nick Stapleton (investigative journalist and broadcaster) who you'll know from television shows such as the BAFTA winning Scam Interceptors, and BBC Morning Live speaks to Johnny and helps bea...

Refreshing Pod - James Fleming (Co-founder and CEO of The Power Within Training) As January comes to a close, how’s it been for motivation? … do you need to unleash some potential? Have you heard of 'Motivational Intelligence’? Or ‘ Life changing leadership, Lifelong results’ ? Johnny had the pleasure of chatting with James Fleming, who set up ’The Power Within Training’ in 2017 after years headin...

Refreshing Pod - Alex Mitchell The last guest of 2024 ! And what a joy it was to welcome Alex Mitchell (Britain's Got Talent finalist) who looks ahead to his 2025 tour, and back on life since June. 'Tics Towards Puffection' is the debut tour, and tackles Alex's obsession for perfection and trying to always be the best version of himself. He chats to Johnny openly (about his darker times) plus the...

Refreshing Pod - Hogmanay Preview 2024 It's 3 Years in a row ... Johnny & Al catch up ... Al's quite the deal, he's the big boss of all things Hogmanay! New Year celebrations will soon kick in, 2025 is just over the shoulder. Al Thompson has been kind enough to spare some time to chat with Johnny (for the 3rd year in a row) about how Edinburgh will celebrate this year. Revellers from around th...

Refreshing Pod - Lazo This is a PODCAST EXCLUSIVE ... Johnny is thrilled to share with you a interview with Lazo, a loyalty test service, that really does slide into your DM's! Have you ever thought you could be being cheated on, but need evidence either way? Lazo could be the website that helps you 'find the truth' Recently, Johnny caught up with Ashlyn, and Trinity from Lazo - and got the lowdow...

Refreshing Pod - Johnny Grabs 5 Minutes With Santa Christmas is coming .... here in just 17 days. The world’s busiest man managed to spare 5 minutes to chat to Johnny. That's right Santa (AKA ... Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas) gave Johnny the lowdown on how you can see him, in Edinburgh at St Andrew Square this year. He's back for 2024, with daily sessions (roughly 14 per day) rig...

Refreshing Pod - 2024 Edinburgh’s Christmas Preview (A new podcast season launches with a huge exclusive). Christmas is coming .... here in just 41 days. Be it the Christmas Markets, Ice Rink, Big Wheel, Santa's Stories ... and a whole lot more. Dani (chief elf in charge of all things Christmas in Edinburgh) speaks to Johnny and gives him the 2024 preview. 2024 has a few new additions, and the sta...

Refreshing Pod - Paul Alland, Unusual Things (Celebrity Grave Hunter) As it's Halloween 2024, Johnny speaks to Paul Alland, who's making a name for himself visiting well known grave stones, crime scenes, and the world of paranormal. If it's a little Unusual, Paul probably has it covered, and you can watch it all on his You-Tube channel. Paul gives a background to his channel, that's grown from 2,0...

Refreshing Pod - Kiri Pritchard-Mclean  Starting off September with a bang , it’s Johnny’s 2nd interview with the lovely Kiri Pritchard-McLean. Kiri is on a HUGE UK & Ireland tour, ending in December, at some point she’ll be on stage close to you! Be warned, some venues have sold out, and others are close to selling out, so be quick & get tickets ASAP (full list of dates and venues, v...

Refreshing Pod - Jodie Grinham Team GB, Paralympic Games 2024 The Paralympic Games are here for 2024, and Johnny chatted to one amazing athlete competing this year, representing Team GB in the field of Archery, Jodie Grinham. In a recent article for 'The Athletic' Jodie said “My team have joked a few times that my waters could just break on the podium” Jodie will be seven months pregnant when she...

Refreshing Pod - Laura Rose Part of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe From Australia to Edinburgh, Johnny welcomes Laura Rose to the podcast, to chat about her debut Fringe show 'Bushpig' Be quick, Laura's run ends on the 24th Aug 2024. Bushpig has many meanings (google it, it's worth it) . .. and Laura chatted with Johnny fresh off the plane from Queensland. An autobiographic comedic look at sto...

Refreshing Pod - Dani Johns Part of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Dani Johns is in Edinburgh, sharing stories about all things cringe! Hoots, at the Apex (Hoot 5) 7.40pm (ends bank holiday Monday 26/08). It's the 1st time Johnny has ever spoken to anyone from the Bristol Live, Bristol Cool List. Dani made it onto that list (amongst others such as Stephen Merchant, Maya Jama, Lee Evans & J...

Refreshing Pod - Grace Mulvey Part of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Now living in London, but originally from Ireland, Edinburgh has the pleasure of witnessing the debut hour for Grace Mulvey with her Fringe show 'Tall Baby' on until the 25th Aug, at Assembly Roxy, daily at 7.05pm. It's a show about wanting to be a human adult, and have fun, in her 30's. The only thing that’s holding her back...

Refreshing Pod - Sian Davies Part of the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Sian takes Johnny back to his Merseyside roots, she's from Liverpool, but on tour in Edinburgh with her 3rd solo show 'Band Of Gold' & she's super proud of it. It's a show about regret and owning up to your mistakes. Everything that has happened in your life so far has led to this point. The good, the bad and the 90's trib...